Araminta Chase is a fuck-up. Falling out of a window to avoid someone is business as usual. Landing on a vampire is a new one. And the vampire wants to know exactly why Minty was where she was, when she was. "I'm afraid of commitment" isn't gonna cut it.When Minty is accused of murdering that same vampire, the shit really hits the fan. She's nabbed by the very people she works for, an agency that acts as a go-between for monsters and the human world. Killing a vampire is a no-no fo...

Sadie is frumpy, sad, and frustrated in herself, but has accepted a life of quiet domestic misery with her overbearing girlfriend Jill. At least she isn't alone. She can't imagine anything worse.Worse comes when Quentin, her dearest friend, passes away just when he always predicted he would. But he leaves her his apartment, and everything in it. Sadie sees it as a gift. It's the one place where she was safe and happy. She knows every inch of it -- excepting the spare room, which ha...